Use Notes to capture a quick thought, create checklists, sketch ideas, and more. And with iCloud, you can keep your notes up to date across all your devices.




Flash Note is described as 'The fastest way to take notes on your Mac. Access instantly from the menu bar, without cluttering the Dock. Take notes instantly, distraction-free' and is a Note-taking tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Flash Note for a variety of platforms, including Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows and Web-based apps. The best Flash Note alternative is Notes, which is free. Other great apps like Flash Note are Tot, Thought Train, SlideJot and Notepad Menu Edition.
Use Notes to capture a quick thought, create checklists, sketch ideas, and more. And with iCloud, you can keep your notes up to date across all your devices.




Tot is an elegant, simple way to collect & edit text across your Mac, iPhone, and iPad. It’s your tiny text companion!




Join 11,000+ users who take quick notes with Thought Train, a humble menubar app for macOS and Windows



A tiny jot pad that's always within reach. For the things too small for a note but too important to lose.



Instantly jot down thoughts with a simple, autosaving text panel that integrates smoothly into your workflow.



Create simple notes from your Mac menubar. Jot is a minimal, open-source note taking app that lives in your Mac menubar. Build it from source for free or buy a pre-built version through Gumroad.

Sometimes you just need a place to jot down a quick note or draft an email or text on the fly. Write your draft and immediately copy or share to another app. When you come back, keep working or delete the note and start over.









The simplest yet clever Mac menubar note. Simply type in your notes. No navigation. No button click. No category search. New text field generates automatically for your next input. All notes are listed in time flow.






Quickly accessed, 5 Markdown-formatted notes right from the Menubar icon. Available even on full screen apps with ability to stay on top.

